Maynaguri in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Maynaguri in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Maynaguri plotted against West Bengal and India. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Maynaguri's incremental SNDi rose from 4.63 to 5.43 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Maynaguri ranked 72nd out of 140 cities in West Bengal and 1443rd out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 5.43
- Rank in India
- 1187th of 1868
- Rank in West Bengal
- 39th of 140
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.87
- Rank in India
- 1443rd of 1868
- Rank in West Bengal
- 72nd of 140
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Maynaguri fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Jingzhou built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Raver built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Maynaguri and Raver both became progressively more disconnected, while Jingzhou grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved.